If this isn’t comforting food, then what is? I learned to make this Saoto soup recipe from a wonderful Surinamese woman. During my 5-month stay in Suriname, having eaten a lot of different and delicious foods, I decided that I also wanted to learn how to make Surinamese food! So I looked up a cooking course, made an appointment, and it revealed to be one of the best things I’ve done in Suriname. On a Sunday morning, pretty early – 8 ‘o clock, I got picked up by a lady and her husband. We’re going to the Sunday Kwatta market. The lady shows me around while her husband patiently waits in the car. On the market, you can find a lot of exotic – and for us Europeans – unknown types of veggies and herbs. Finally, I know what everything is, and hopefully, after this day, I also know what to do with it. We’re walking back and forth between the market stalls and the lady really negotiates for the best prices. For the things they don’t sell at the market, we go to a little supermarket across the street. What strikes me is that the prices in the supermarket […]
